Iran is mocking Senile Satan’s claim, saying he ‘saved 8 AI-generated people’, calling the entire story fake.

The president posted what seems to be the transcription of a rant broadcast by right wing radio host Michael Savage earlier this month www.iheart.com/podcast/1069...

CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

I get emails like this a lot from folks who are clearly in need of mental health assistance.

Ossoff: "When you throw people off their health insurance and drive up their premiums and gut the Medicaid program in order to cut taxes for the wealthiest people in the country, that's also corruption. That's the corruption that's endemic in our political system and predates Trump."

That’s pretty much the cult line. All he’s got left are people who will drink the kool-aid if the order was posted on Truth Social.

They paused Oversight Committee hearings the minute we started getting answers about the Epstein files.

Now it’s “roundtables”: no rules, no oaths, no subpoenas.

You do the math. Because the moment accountability shows up, they shut it down. The survivors deserve better.

John Phelan forced out as Navy secretary after 13 months The billionaire was a significant contributor to President Donald Trump’s campaign, but officials said he clashed repeatedly with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

"There also was tension between Hegseth and Phelan after Hegseth directed" Phelan "to determine whether Sen. Mark Kelly... should face repercussions for appearing in a video that advised service members of their duty not to follow illegal orders." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Former tobacco executive joins CDC senior leadership, raising concerns over industry influence Naming a former Imperial Brands executive for a CDC job is the latest example, advocates say, of tobacco industry influence in Trump administration.

A former tobacco executive quietly joined CDC senior leadership last month — a move raising concerns over the industry's influence over public health and revolving doors.

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This idiotic administration is making a mockery of government FOR THE PEOPLE

Ossoff: "The financial entanglement, the way UAE money, Emirati money has compromised this WH is astonishing. It may be one of the most significant scandals in US history. Who are Trump's 2 chief negotiators? Kushner & Witkoff. The people doing diplomacy are at the same time on personal business."

New lawsuit aims to block Trump DOJ from building national voter database via state voter roll grab The lawsuit calls the effort “a key component of the Trump Administration’s attempts to take over elections from states and subvert the 2026 midterms.”

ICYMI: Pro-voting groups sued the DOJ to block its bid to build a national voter database using voters’ private data like addresses, birthdays and social security numbers.

San Francisco Billionaire Punches Back Against ‘Overpaid’ CEO Tax Chris Larsen wants businesses to get tough when unions propose ‘stupid, job-killing’ ideas. He’s putting his money where his mouth is.

Chris Larsen wants San Francisco businesses to get tough when unions propose "stupid, job-killing" ideas. He's become the face of a billionaires' revolt.

At least 34 tankers linked to Iran, including vessels carrying crude oil, have successfully bypassed the U.S. blockade, per FT

BIPARTISAN FORMER WHITE HOUSE ETHICS OFFICIALS CONDEMN RETALIATORY PROSECUTION OF SPLC

@democracydefendersfund.org statement 👇🏼

See full statement from AG Jones below:

Virginia Judge Voids Redistricting Amendment, Invalidates All Votes from Tuesday's Special Election Judge Jack Hurley, a Republican appointee, declared the Democratic-backed measure unconstitutional on multiple grounds, permanently blocking the state from implementing new congressional maps. Attorne...

Read more and see the full decision: meidasnews.com/news/virgini...

BREAKING: A GOP-appointed Virginia judge has struck down the Democratic-backed redistricting amendment in full, ruling it unconstitutional and “void from the start.”

AG Jay Jones says he will immediately file an appeal.

but everywhere he goes, he seems to be pursuing private, not public interests. Yet the US Congress and media turn a blind eye to everything.

Jared Kushner: Vermischt Trumps Schwiegersohn Politik und eigene Interessen? Jared Kushner ist überall, wo Trump ihn brauchen kann: bei Putin, in Nahost, bei Merz, in Pakistan. Dass sich da politische und private Interessen möglicherweise vermischen, scheint in den USA nur die...

Never before has a democratically elected leader deployed his own son-in-law in such a fashion. Jared Kushner serves as Trump's de facto emissary to Putin, Netanyahu, the Saudi Crown Prince, Zelenskyy, the Iranians and others...

NEW MEMO from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee memo shows Kentucky Republican Rep. James Comer plans to make big changes to the hearing process, including not requiring witnesses to swear in. trib.al/rjIltID

Trump said the Iran war would be over in 24 hours.

It's been 8 weeks.

Trump's budget isn't a MAGA budget. It's not even a MAHA budget. It's a war budget—and I'll be ripping it up and writing a new one.

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia—

AOC: Wah wah wah.

We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no.

What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

Rep. Stansbury to the GOP: It’s not a Branding Problem you have, it’s a Policy Problem YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury

The GOP is trying to rebrand kickbacks for billionaires and big corporations, passed on the backs of the American people as a resolution for rural America.

I’m sorry, you don’t have a branding problem. YOU HAVE A POLICY PROBLEM. ⬇️

Lisa Blunt Rochester presses Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on a nationwide measles surge, as he fires back accusing her of “grandstanding” and says the outbreak began before he took office.

Welp, it’s not as if the Hegseth is firing the Secretary of the Navy when we have ships actively in harm’s way, say, like they were forming a blockade of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and intercepting other boats, right?

On the other hand, John Phelan is incompetent, so I guess it balances out

BREAKING: Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is OUT — effective immediately, according to the Pentagon.

Joe Kahn: ‘The newsroom is not a safe space’ The New York Times’ executive editor said the paper is a “pillar” of democracy but not a tool of power.

Here's the 2024 Semafor interview in which NY Times executive editor Joe Kahn said: “It’s our job to cover the full range of issues that people have. At the moment, democracy is one of them. But it’s not the top.”

F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend

Here’s a gift link to the NY Times story about the FBI investigating a reporter for a story that displeased the regime.
NYT exec editor Joe Kahn called the probe "unconstitutional."
Back in 2024, Kahn said the threat to democracy was an issue for NYT to cover, but not the "top" one.
FAFO, NYT.